Robison "Robo" Stewart Sundell

My sweet brother-in-law passed away this weekend. He was such a fun loving guy! Anytime I was with him I was always laughing and having a good time. He was such a good example to those around him and knew him. The first time I met Robo was the day he came back from his mission. I didn't know whether to shake his hand, give him a hug, or just say "hey, I am your sister-in-law" and hi five him. Well, we met and he gave me a big hug like we had been family forever. He was such a sweet Uncle. He loved Nixon so much! He was so sweet with him and Nixon loves him too. Nixon loved it when Robo would hold him and play with him. He could always make Nixon laugh. He actually was the first one that got Nixon to stand on his hand. It was so funny because Peter had been trying to do it for a couple weeks and then Robo walks in and does it the first try. I wish that Nixon was able to know his crazy Uncle Robo. He was such a great Uncle.

I loved talking to Robo. Especially when he would tell me the crazy things he has done. Whenever we went to Powell I made sure that he was going to go because I knew that if Robo was there it was going to be a good time for sure!

I am going to miss him so much! I am so sad he is gone and wish that he never left. I know that I am being selfish because I know that he is in a better place. I am so thankful that I am able to know him and all the fun memories that we have. Love you Robo!

The viewing is going to be on Wednesday from 5:00 - 7:00 and the funeral will be on Thursday at 2:00 with a short viewing an hour before. He will be buried immediately following the funeral. After the burial, there will be a bbq at the Sundell's home. We will be sharing pictures and stories of "THE GREAT ROBINO".

GOOD NIGHT!

Peter, Nixon, and I went to the Pumpkin Patch Tuesday and took some pictures of Nixon with some pumpkins. He, for probably the first time, wasn't having it. He smile at all! All he wanted was to suck on the pumpkins and eat the hay. I got a couple cute one's of him eating the hay and standing next to big pumpkin that I will soon post. My sweet in-laws let me borrow their really nice Canon camera! OH MY HECK! SO NICE! Now I want one! Unfortunately, they are WAY out of my price range! I have taken so many pictures of Nixon this week! It has been so much fun and I am super grateful they have let me borrow it!

A couple nights ago we were bathing Nixon and he kept trying to stand up in the tub to get one of his dolphin toys ( which by the way is his favorite one, he will seriously cry when I take it away ). It was so cute seeing him try. He stood up for a second and then I helped him so that we could get a picture of it. It was so cute.

Also, this evening I have been super productive! I cleaned the kitchen, made it dirty by making Peter his favorite homemade brownie cupcakes, then cleaned it again, moped the hardwood floor, sanitized Nixon's toys, cleaned the front room, put a load of laundry in the washer, folded the dried clothes, and just got done feeding my perfect son. It feels good to get all that done! It is now time for me to go to sleep! Also, I am super excited for church tomorrow! It is the Primary Program and I going to dinner and my in-laws! BRISKET AND POTATO HASH HERE I COME! For reals now, I am going to bed! Night!

I feel so bad.

I feel so bad. I don't know what to do about my sweet baby boy. He was sleeping really well in his own bed before he started teething. Now, when I put him to bed he just starts crying. It just has been recently. I put him down and he cries and cries. The second I pick him up he stops and falls right to sleep. So, I sit in his rocking chair and sing a few primary songs and then put him back carefully. The second he feels me putting him down he freaks. I don't like listening to him cry and I don't want him to cry himself to sleep. It makes me feel bad. I want him to just be happy and sleep good. He just wants to sleep with me and I don't want to get in the habit of sleeping with us. He did so good at transitioning from our bed to his, but when he started to teethe all he wants to do it be with me. I love it, but it wears me out! It doesn't seem to bother him during the day and he will usually get a really good nap, but it is bad at night because I think he focuses on it more....I guess. I don't like to give him Motrin everyday, but when I do it seems to help. He has also been a bit constipated to add on top. Poor kid. It really makes me feel bad! I feel so helpless. I have been sleeping in the guest room too so that we don't wake Peter up and Nixon seems to like that, but again, I don't want to make a habit of it. What should I do to help this sweet boy? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SWEET BOY!

I love this little boy so so so much! I just fed him and was sitting here thinking about how much I really love this little guy. I love looking at his perfect face, with his perfect nose, and his perfect cheeks that I love to kiss. He brings Peter and I so much joy and has brought the sweetest spirit into our home. I can't believe how fast time flies! He has gotten so big! He has started to crawl and he loves rolling around all over! He still doesn't like baby food yet ( who can blame him? mama's cream is just too yummy ), but we keep trying about every other day to come up with something that maybe he would like. He will eat rice puffs, yogurt melts, chunks of banana ( they have to be chunks or he will spit it right out, bread, infant apples juice, and he loves drinking water. He has also picked up the little habit of spitting. He loves spitting! It drives me a bit crazy because I will go to feed him and he will just spit. He is hungry, but that is his first instinct. Hopefully he will soon drop that.
He also loves to talk! The first thing I hear in the morning are his cute blabbing sounds! I love waking up to that! He still doesn't sleep though the night ( that's obvious..I am blogging and 12:45 in the morning! ). He wakes up about every 2.5 hours to feed. It is hard, but I have gotten use to it. I feel like he has been teething ever since he was 3 months, but still no teeth! He chews on everything and loves to suck his middle finger.
He finally has started to like some of the toys we got him. He still hates the swing, and the jumper, but he loves his bouncer! He loves watching Baby Einstein, but looses interest after about a half hour or so. We have discovered that he likes to watch the motorcycle races on tv with daddy on Sunday's. He really will watch the entire thing with him! Also, I just love the look that he gets when Peter comes home from work. He gets the biggest grin on his face when he walk in the door! It is super cute! Also, he has the cutest personality and is one of the happiest babies ever! He smiles all the time! You can just look at him and he will smile! Even when he wakes up in the night ( like tonight ) crying and I come in and pick him up and he will look at me and smile. When I get frustrated because he just wants to be held and will freak out when I put him down. The second I pick him up and he smiles and all I can do is just hold him because that smile just melts my heart. He seriously could get away with pretty much everything and everything if he just showed me that killer smile with those adorable dimples! To end I would like to add again how sweet he is and how much we love having him in our family! He really makes us so happy and we can't wait to have another! Night!

DIAPER CHANGING STORIES...

I have a couple funny stories...well I think they are funny..about my sweet boy, Nixon. The other morning I was changing his diaper that was very full of pee. I usually will change his diaper in the middle of the night, but I was way too tired so I didn't. Well when I was changing it I looked and there were these little bead looking things that were super small. ( Get a good visual of this...he was on his back with his legs in the air and his hands holding his feet ) I had no idea of what these things were. There weren't very many, maybe like 10 or so. I started getting closer and closer trying to figure out what these things were. I am about 3 inches away or less when all of a sudden "PHEWW!" NIXON FARTED! I could feel the air coming out of his butt when he farted! I started to gag as I was laughing. I set myself up for that one! I felt so sick the entire morning! I could taste it! It was so sick! Funny, but sick! To make it even better his farts have been the worst smelling farts ever! So that is my first story. The second one isn't as funny, but still funny. Oh, and the little bead like thingy's were from his diaper. He had so much pee that it was starting to explode or something.

I think it was the day after the fart incident. I was again changing Nixon's diaper when I couldn't find a fresh diaper to put on him. I sat him naked in the middle of my bed when I ran downstairs to get a bag of diapers. I came up and I saw Nixon looking down touching his ding dong! It was so funny! I started laughing and he looks up at me and he started laughing! It was so cute and so funny! I love this little man so much! He has such a funny personality!

p.s. he has officially started crawling

NIXON'S 6 MONTH PICS

EVERYONE MUST CHECK OUT NIXON'S PHOTO SHOOT THAT MY FRIEND MANDY DID FOR ME. THEY ARE AMAZING! SHE SERIOUSLY DID SUCH A FABULOUS JOB! YOU CAN CHECK OUT NIXON'S PICTURES AND OTHER PICTURES THAT SHE HAS DONE TOO. HER WEBSITE IS foreverstillphoto.blogspot.com